Council: Front and Center

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CITES NUCLEAR CONCERNS AS REASON FOR WAR IN IRAN On February 28, in the midst of diplomatic negotiations on Iran’s nuclear weapons program, the United States and Israel carried out a coordinated military operation against Iran. The Trump administration cited anxiety over Iran’s nuclear weapons program as one of the confusing and sometimes contradictory justifications […]

The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is the Council’s affiliated 501(c)(3) research organization. NEW START EXPIRES AS RUSSIA, UKRAINE, UNITED STATES MEET IN GENEVA Tuesday will mark four years since Russia began its illegal invasion of Ukraine. Russia, Ukraine and the United States held talks in Geneva last week but did not reach any resolutions, as Russia continues to demand land […]

The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is the Council’s affiliated 501(c)(3) research organization. FEBRUARY 5 BEGINS NEW AGE WITHOUT TREATY-MANDATED NUCLEAR RESTRAINT In less than three weeks, we will wake up in a world we have not known in more than 50 years: one without constraints on the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals. The New Strategic Arms […]

The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is the Council’s affiliated 501(c)(3) research organization. IN LESS THAN 50 DAYS, THERE WILL BE NO MORE CONSTRAINTS ON RUSSIAN AND U.S. NUCLEAR ARSENALS In less than 50 days, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) between the United States and Russia expires. This treaty effectively limited the number of deployed warheads and launchers each […]

The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is the Council’s affiliated 501(c)(3) research organization. TAKE ACTION: TELL CONGRESS TO BLOCK EXPLOSIVE NUCLEAR TESTING  Last month, President Donald Trump posted on social media that he had ordered the Department of Defense to resume nuclear testing “on an equal basis” to other countries. Since then, he has doubled down […]